Paris 2024 Paralympics | Medal table: The People's Republic of ...

The initial target of 20 gold medals has almost been reached This Sunday, as the final events of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games came to a close, the medal table was officially sealed, placing the French team in eighth place.

With 75 medals to their name - 19 gold, 28 silver and 28 bronze - Les Bleus achieved a fine haul, thanks in particular to Para road cycling (21 medals, including 7 gold) and Para swimming (14 medals, including 3 gold). Mathieu Bosredon, triple Paralympic champion in the H3 individual time trial, the H3 road race and the H1-5 relay in Para road cycling, Alexandre Léauté, twice champion in the C2 3,000 m individual pursuit (Para track cycling) and the C2 individual time trial (Para road cycling) with two bronze medals in his trophy cabinet and Marie Patouillet and Emeline Pierre, who won the Para track cycling individual pursuit 3000m C5 and the Para swimming 100m freestyle S10 respectively.

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Ahead, far ahead of all the other nations, the People's Republic of China swept all the medals: 220 including 94 gold. Behind Para athletics (59 medals) and Para swimming (54 medals), the Chinese amassed a large number of podium places in Para table tennis (24 medals) and wheelchair fencing (19 medals), securing first place in the medals table as they have done at every Paralympic Games since Athens 2004.

The podium was completed, as in Japan, by Great Britain (124 medals, including 49 gold) and the United States (105 medals, including 36 gold).

Behind them, the Netherlands, who won ‘only’ 56 medals, took 27 gold - thanks in particular to Para cycling. Brazil (25 gold medals), Italy (24), Ukraine (22), France (19), Australia (18) and Japan (14) finished these Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in the top 10.

The full medals table